Dumping-wagon.



I. HILB.

DUMPING WAGON. APPLICATION nuzn MAR. 7. 1913- Patented Apr. 20, 1915.

ISAAC HILB 0F BALTIMORE, MARYLAND.

DUMPlNG wAGON.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 20, 1915.

Application filed March 7, 1913. Serial No. 752,791.

To all to 7mm it may concern Be it known that 1, Team HILB, a citizen ofthe United. States, residing at Baltimore city, State of Maryland, haveinvented new and useful Improvements in Dumping- VVagons, of which thefollowing is a specification.

This invention relates to dumping wagons, and particularly to adischarge hopper and chute therefor; the object of the invention beingto provide a hopper which will be located directly at the discharge endof the wagon body and which will be arranged thereon at a fixed angleand associated with the chute so as to obstruct the passage of materialin the course ,of discharge of the latter into the chute and topositively prevent the material from working over one side of the chuteduring its course of delivery. h 1

Another object of the invention is the provision of a dumping WagonWhereinthe hopper at the end thereof will be arranged at a fixed angleand associated with such relation to an adjacent portion of thedelivering chute as will define therewith and between the chute and thehopper a passage of a gradually restricted height toward one side of thechute so as to permit the material to become slightly congested at oneside and at the same time permit of a free flow of the material at theother side.

A still further object of the invention is the provision of a chutewhich may be adjusted so as to lie at right angles to the longitudinalplane of the wagon and thereby eliminate the necessity of having to turnthe wagon at right angles to the roadway.

With these and other objects in view, the invention consists of certainnovel features of construction, combination and arrangement of parts, aswill be hereinafter described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings :Figure 1 is a side view of a portion of adumping Wagon shown conventionally and illustrating the application ofthe chute and the hopper thereto; Fig. 2 is a side view, showing thebody of the wagon in dumping position; Fig. 3 is an end view thereof;and Fig. 4 is a section on line 4.-4 of Fig. 3.

The dumping wagon 1 conventionally illustrated herein is provided at itstail or discharge end with an opening 2, to which is fitted a hopper 3having a relatively large upper portion 4 and a restricted lower portion5, the former having three walls and arranged in open communication withthe opening 2. The reduced portion or discharge end 5 is preferably ofrectangular configuration, and it is provided with an open bottom 6. Theopen bottom 6 of the portion 5 may be parallel with the top of theportion 4 but it is to be distinctly understood that the hopper as aWhole is arranged at a fixed angle with relation to the tail end of thewagon body, the hopper being extended upwardly and rearwardly from saidtail end, as clearly shown in Fig. 1, for a purpose to be hereinafterexplained.

The wagon body is provided with a rail or track 7 having a main chutesupporting portion 8 which underlies the bottom of the body 1 and whichis adapted to slidably support a bail 9 on one section 10 of a chutestructure, 11. This rail is provided with a rear end 12 which directlyunderlies the discharge end of the portion 5 of the hopper 3,beingprovided with a series of superimposed supporting hooks orequivalent devices or means 13 which are adapted to interchangeablyreceive the bail 9 when the chute is adjusted to an operative deliveringposition beneath the hopper. Hence, the chute is slidably supported uponthe said rail and is adjustable angularly in horizontal and verticaldirections as may be required to enable the material discharged from thehopper to be delivered at the desired point.

Hoisting or raising mechanism 14 is employed for tilting the body 1 uponthe bed of the wagon and for causing the normally upwardly andrearwardly inclined hopper to assume a reversed angle of inclination andextend forwardly and upwardly as shown in Fig. 4. Now it is evident fromthis formation of the hopper the lower discharge end or portion 5thereof will assume the angle shown in Fig. 2 when the chute is extendedto a discharge position at right angles to the longitudinal plane of thewagon and thereby cause the formation of a space 15 between the portion5 and the adjacent surface of the chute. This formation and relativearrangement of parts causes the space 15 to assume a substantiallyrestricted height in the direction of the side wall 16 of the chutestructure and to cause the material to become slightly congested at therestricted portion and positively prevent the material from beingscattered over the sides of the chute at the point of immediatedischarge between the hopper and the chute as will be understood. TheWall 17 of the hopper section 4 forms an obstruction to the passage ofthe material as it leaves the opening 2, permitting the material toconsequently accumulate within the hopper and then gravitationally flowtherefrom and into the point of maximum height of the space 15 betweenthe chute and the adjacent hopper portion 5.

The opening 2 of the body 1 may be closed by a vertically sliding gate18 which is slidable in guides 19 and adapted to be adjusted in thelatter through the medium of a controlling lever 20 of any suitablewell-known character. This construction is also desirable in that theflow of the material may be regulated to suit the occasion.

The device as constructed is such that the chute may be arranged atright angles to the plane of the body 1 so as to minimize the spacerequired to effect a proper conveyance of the material from the wagon toan adjacent point and without requiring the operator to turn the vehiclewhere it would ordinarily extend across the roadway and in the directpassage of traflic.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with theaccompanying drawings, the construction and operation of the inventionwill be readily understood 'Without requiring a more extendedexplanation.

Various changes in the form, proportion and the minor details ofconstruction may be resorted to without departing from the principle orsacrificing any of the advantages of this invention, as claimed.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is A dumpingv wagonhaving its body provided with a discharge opening at the rear end, ahopper secured to the rear end of the body, a rail extendinglongitudinally of the body, underlying the same and having its outer endarranged under the hopper and provided with a vertical series of hooks,and a chute slidably supported upon the said rail, adjustable angularlyin horizontal and vertical directions and provided with means forinterchangeable connection with the hooks of said rail.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

ISAAC HILB.

Witnesses:

JAMES A. KoEHL, BENNETT S. JONES.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, I). G.

